CHEEK
CHEEK FARM – 1874
Texas Family Land Heritage Registry, First Edition 1974, Texas Department of Agriculture
Seven and one-half miles southeast of Farmersville
Founder: John Wesley Cody of Red River County, Texas
1974 Owner: John Maynard Cheek, Jr., Farmersville
The Cody family moved to Texas from Tennessee after being burned out in the Civil War. They finally settled on 800 acres in Collin County where corn and cotton were raised. A 1927 tornado destroyed most of the original buildings but farm operations continued. John Maynard Cheek, Jr. is the great-grandson of the founder and grows cotton, wheat and grain sorghum on his 340 acres.
Texas Family Land Heritage Registry, First Edition 1974, Texas Department of Agriculture
Seven and one-half miles southeast of Farmersville
Founder: John Wesley Cody of Red River County, Texas
1974 Owner: John Maynard Cheek, Jr., Farmersville
The Cody family moved to Texas from Tennessee after being burned out in the Civil War. They finally settled on 800 acres in Collin County where corn and cotton were raised. A 1927 tornado destroyed most of the original buildings but farm operations continued. John Maynard Cheek, Jr. is the great-grandson of the founder and grows cotton, wheat and grain sorghum on his 340 acres.
